Lead magnesium niobate (PMN) is a prototypical "relaxor" material, used in a wide variety of applications, from ultrasound to sonar. Researchers have now used state-of-the-art microscopy techniques to see exactly how atoms ...
Condensed Matter
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An invasive species with a jarring name has turned up in Lake Superior: the bloody red shrimp.
Ecology
Feb 20, 2018
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The oldest captive polar bear in the U.S. has died.
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2018
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Plants and microbes engage in a diverse array of symbiotic relationships, but identifying the specific microbes or groups of microbes that contribute to plant health is extremely difficult. In work published on February 20th ...
Biotechnology
Feb 20, 2018
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When bacteria enter the body, they have a great deal to overcome to colonize the colon. First, they must survive harsh environments with very few salts without bursting (unlike human blood cells within water). Then, they ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 20, 2018
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The problem of plastic pellets in marine environments has been reported since the 1970s and the first recommendations for legislation were introduced in the USA back in the 1990s. However, in Sweden, these spills have only ...
Environment
Feb 20, 2018
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An employee receives significantly more praise if his actions result in positive consequences than his superior. An experiment conducted by a team of researchers from Bochum and Cologne has demonstrated that, unlike previously ...
Economics & Business
Feb 20, 2018
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A team of American Museum of Natural History researchers has created a computational model capable of predicting whether or not organisms have the ability to "eat" other cells through a process known as phagocytosis. The ...
Evolution
Feb 20, 2018
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The devastating deaths of 17 Florida high school at the hands of a troubled teen armed with an AR-15-style rifle have brought the ever-simmering debate over gun control to a boil not seen since Sandy Hook.
Internet
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Walmart is taking some bruises from its battle with online leader Amazon.
Business
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